Friday, March 8, 2024

Opera prisons, punishment, etc.- Part 2

MEFISTOFELE, NYC Opera 1969, Prison scene, Gilda Cruz Romo as Margherite
 
AIDA, Triumphal scene with all the prisoners Amonastro and Aida 2014, Lucic and Monastyrska

Also AIDA, entombed 2005, Salvatore Lacitra and Michelle Crider
SAMSON, 2018, Alagna, blinded and chained
TROVATORE, 2009, Azucena captured and beaten , Delora Zajick
RISE AND FALL OF MAHAGONNY,  1979, Richard Casselly as Jimmy Mahoney, execution time. Nedda Cassei in foreground.
Also execution time, Nathan Gunn in AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY 2005
BILLY BUDD, 1979, Richard Stillwell, shackled before being hung.

In prison before being deported, MANON LESCAUT, 2008, Karita Mattila.

More to follow.

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